‘Thunder King’
Never mind peace and goodwill, this is the season of noise nuisance and danger.
Articles published on Sunday, November 11, 2007
Never mind peace and goodwill, this is the season of noise nuisance and danger.
It was probably just as well that questions about the current state of West Indies cricket were not encouraged.
Concerned with the prolonged degeneration of West Indies cricket, as so many outside the Caribbean appear to be, Mark Nicholas recently made an earnest call for help to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to prevent, as he put it, its “drift into mediocrity and underachievement.”
Demerara was shakily placed on 86-5 when bad light stopped play on the rain-affected first day of the opening match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County four-day competition at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.
Esan Shamshudin with a handicap 17, gross 83 and net 66 has taken the lead in the Le Meridian Pegasus two-day golf championships at the end of play on the opening day yesterday at the Lusignan golf course, East Coast Demerara.
Following the Republic Bank Right Start Inter-Secondary School Cricket Competition trials for Under-15 players from the North Georgetown District, held last Thursday at the YMCA ground, the selectors have short-listed 22 players to further participate in physical conditioning and practice sessions.
The National Rifle-shooting championships will fire off today at the Timehri Rifle ranges with the country’s leading rifle shooters vying for the title of Top Gun and several prizes at stage.
Dear Editor, Mrs Janet Jagan was an active politician in Guyana from 1946 onwards.
Dear Editor, The report on page three of Kaieteur News of Wednesday November 7, 2007 from “Adam Harris in NY” gives the distinct impression that the court had made rulings with regard to Roger Khan’s Pre-Trial Motions.
Dear Editor, I have been in the forestry sector for the last 54 years, of which 20 were in my own business, both in production and marketing for local consumption and export.
Dear Editor, In Guyana’s political culture, much like the rest of the Commonwealth, a political opposition has two basic responsibilities, which are functional but irreversible principles of the Westminster political doctrine and governance that is grounded in parliamentarianism .
Dear Editor, While there is no single theory that can explain all crime, we can certainly find a perspective that can explain specific forms of crime.
All forms of the state have operated in a world context.
A s the years go by consumers show a marked preference for processed foods rather than homemade foods.
A black widow is a common American spider with a characteristic that attracts much interest and curiosity: the female of the species is deadly.
It has been a lifetime highlight to serve, along with Sir Alister McIntyre, on the Governance Committee on West Indies Cricket chaired by former Prime Minister PJ Patterson.
Today is Remembrance Day. A very sad day for older people.
Over the last few weeks we have been discussing the difficulties bitches could have before, during and after puppy birth.
I am confused. What is the difference between an optician and an optometrist?
Surgery is a common reason for you to be in hospital.
In the next two weeks European and Caribbean ministers and their trade negotiators are going to have to explain clearly to business in particular where the negotiating process for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the region has reached and what happens next.
Memories are being refreshed for scores of Guyanese who took an interest in the chess of yesteryear now that the National Chess Championships are being contested following a lapse in activity of well over a decade.
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President Bharrat Jagdeo and Leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin resumed consultations on the appointments of a Chancellor of the Judiciary and members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in an attempt to bring to an end what is being termed a pending legal crisis in the judiciary.
A relationship that soured several months ago turned ugly yesterday when a Charlestown man doused his former reputed wife with acid.
Chief Justice Carl Singh says the non-support of Opposition Leader Robert Corbin for his nomination as chancellor has weakened his position and he considers accusations made by the PNCR leader of him being pro-government as unjust and factually incorrect.
The Guyana and Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is finding it difficult to come up with evidence to prove that the 4000 carats of diamonds worth over $131.665, 793 that were seized from a Belgian firm three weeks ago were smuggled into the country, a source at the agency has said but the Commissioner (ag), Williams Woolford is insisting there is evidence and they will prosecute.
Last Thursday Republic Bank (Guyana)Limited donated $2 million towards the restoration of the Theatre Guild Playhouse in Kingston.
An unofficial sick-out in two key departments at the Guyana Chronicle resulted in publication being delayed on Friday but management said the newspaper experienced technical problems.
New German Ambassador Ernst Martens presented his credentials to President Bharrat Jagdeo recently.
Thieves on Friday night broke into the St Simon’s Anglican Church located at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara and made off with a number of items but not before they desecrated the place of worship, leaving nasty surprises for the caretakers yesterday.
More than two months after the deadline, the Ministry of Finance is still to send the half yearly report on the performance of the National Budget to the National Assembly as mandated by the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act of 2003.
St Stanislaus College is celebrating one hundred years at its current Brickdam location this week and the Board of Governors of the school has planned a series of events to commemorate the anniversary.
An overseas-based Guyanese woman, who fractured her pelvis and leg last December after she jumped through a window in a bid to escape bandits, is slowly moving on with her life.